Enikő

Enikő is a Hungarian female given name .

Origin and meaning

The name was invented in the first half of the 19th century by the Hungarian poet, writer and translator Mihály Vörösmarty . This formed it from the old Hungarian name Enéh with the diminutive -kő . In the Hungarian saga of the miracle deer, Enéh is the mother of Hunor and Magor , from whom, according to legend, the Huns and Magyars descended. The original meaning of the name is Young Hindu .

name day

• April 16
• September 15th

variants

• Enéh, Eni, Enci, Encike

Well-known namesake

• Enikő Buzási (* 1948), Hungarian art historian
• Enikő Győri (* 1968), Hungarian politician
• Enikő Mironcic (* 1986), Romanian rower

swell

• The origin and meaning of first names
• Fercsik Erzsébet, Raátz Judit: Keresztnevek enciklopédiája , ISBN 978-963-9902-18-3
• Entry on www.behindthename.com